I am never sure whether the h word is spelt 'hello' or 'hallo' or even 'hullo' , is there a difference between them and when were they used first?

Anyway hi! I am Cassie Darling, I live in SUffolk, UK and I'm in my late 40's.

I first read The Chalet School series of books as paperbacks as an escape when I was 13-ish - the daughter of my mum's friend who was older than me lent most of them to me - she was 18-ish and incredibly glamourous - she had long blonde hair and was tall and willowy - i have dark brown hair with a wave in it and was scrawny until i hit pubety - I am also dyslexic so my spelling and grammar can be a bit 'off' at times.

i read them as an escape - as an almost adult I started buying myself paperback copies of the series and when I had a daughter she soon discovered my books - which she has now - and used to sometimes read them to her as a bedtime story.

Good morning, Cassie, and welcome to the CBB - I'll look forward to seeing you about the place. The OED gives the earliest (16th century) form of that word as Hollo or Holla, and relates it to Hillo as well, so there are even more choices!

The pronounciation is related to class and/or area of the country with a rough "the higher the class, the later in alphabet, the vowel", and the north going for "hallo" and the south for "hello".No doubt, there are many regional variations and the omnipresent television/films have an effect too.

Well, it's also related to nationality, not just class - the Germans say "Hallo" and never "Hello". The Czechs also say "Hallo" but are much more likely to say "Ahoj!" so I shall content myself with that Cassie.

I've always written it and thought of it as Hello, but do always sort of hear it as if said by Just William when read it spelt as Hullo - no idea if it was ever written like that in the books, but shows the random connections brains (well mine at least!) make !

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